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Democracy and society

Why Covid-19 misinformation works

How humans process knowledge can help us understand why so many have bought into ‘cures’ promoted by reckless politicians

By Noam Titelman

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Mikheil Saakashvili is back

The comeback of Mikheil Saakashvili has taken Georgia by surprise. Now jailed and on hunger strike, he calls for a new revolution

By Otar Kobakhidze

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Democracy and society

Stopping democratic backsliding

After a democratic upswing at the end of the 20th century, we are now seeing an age of autocratisation. But with the right strategy, it can be stopped

By Sheri Berman

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Democracy and society

Is Italy's right really in decline?

The centre-left alliance has won the local elections in Italy. But it would be too early to speak of an end to the right-wing populist wave

By Michael Braun

Reuters

Democracy and society

Holding multinational corporations accountable for human rights

Most Global South countries support a UN treaty on multinational companies’ responsibility to uphold human rights. The US and EU need to stop ignoring it

By Carlos López

Reuters

Democracy and society

The beginning of the end for Viktor Orbán?

The conservative small-town mayor Péter Márki-Zay has won the primary of Hungary's united opposition. And he has a good chance of beating Orbán

By Szilárd Pap

Reuters

Democracy and society

The radicalisation of Austrian conservatism

Sebastian Kurz resigned after a series of major scandals. But he still wields power over the Conservatives that radicalised under his leadership

By Natascha Strobl

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Democracy and society

After Czechia's vote, it all comes down to the president

Andrej Babiš’s right-wing populist ANO party lost ground in the Czech elections. But Babiš may still have an ace up his sleeve: President Miloš Zeman

By Urban Überschär

Reuters

Democracy and society

The Pandora Papers and the threat to democracy

Property laws have long been written by and for the wealthy. But the more they insist that their actions are legal, the less the public trusts the law

By Katharina Pistor

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Interviews

'Once you get left behind in the space age, you’re never catching up'

Space governance expert Timiebi Aganaba on billionaires in space, parallels with colonialism on earth, and the future space economy